Most of my paintings are on glass. I added a contemporary twist to an old technique, called "sous verre" or "hinterglas" by using graphite pencil and other media.

I really like working with glass, as for many things, its actually more durable than other materials. It doesn't wrinkle and you won't dig a hole in it, by using your eraser one to many times. Also, even over centuries, there is no yellowing or deterioration of the material....

Unfortunately, it can break 😧

And sometimes it does...

The owners of this painting "Isis and the Moon" (we are talking about the ancient Egyptian Goddess), were renovating their living room and therefore put their paintings in boxes. Quite a collection I might add. When they wanted to hang their art back on the walls, they discovered, that one of the glass paintings was broken. What a tragedy!!

But it turned out, that the piece was insured. They sent me a photo and I was asked to redo the painting...

Well, normally that's not something I like to do, each piece is one of a kind, but here there was just no other way. One can't just glue it back together...

Since the handmade frame was completely undamaged, in a first step, I took it all apart